by Ken Walker
Newark: Fastest Growing City in the Northeast
June 28, 2007
The ??New York Times?? has a story on the recent census numbers that show that Newark is the fastest growing city in the Northeast: “Biggest Urban Growth Is in South and West”:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/us/28census.html.
While the story leads with the Newark numbers, reporter ??Sam Roberts?? goes on to discuss national trends in city growth, indicating that the US has seen the largest increases in population in small western cities with populations similar to Newark. Phoenix is now the nation’s fifth largest city.
Newark, for four decades a symbol of America’s urban decay, is growing faster than any major city in the Northeast, according to census figures released yesterday.
Newark’s population, which had been declining for 50 years, has increased 3.3 percent since 2000, including a 0.5 percent increase from 2005 to 2006. The city’s population now stands at 281,402.
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